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Viewing DVR recordings is relatively easy... a dropdown on the My Recordings screen... so whether you are on a Joey or a Hopper viewing recordings on any Hopper is relatively easy.

IF you attach an external hard drive to a Hopper, any Joey can link to that Hopper and see them BUT only the Hopper attached to the drive can see the external drive.

Tuners... Hoppers only see their own tuners, but a Joey can link to either Hopper. That is a little more complicated than a simple button push since it requires going into the Networking menu to link to the other Hopper.

Another thing that will make me NOT go back. After 5 weeks I still have not recieved a refund on my last month with Direct. I did get a new bill saying I have a credit with them. Guess I'll have to call them again (maybe that's part of the plan). Leaving a pretty bad memory of Direct.

I recently hopped to Dish and got a Hopper and 2 Joeys. I had 3 months on my DTV contract left, so the ETF was only $60. I'm saving $50/mo with the 12mo new customer promo, so my ROI is a little more than a month. Not bad.
After the 12mo pricing, I'm still saving almost $20/mo with Dish.

The only thing that is taking some getting used to is if I am mid-way into a program and want to DVR it, I have to rewind it to the beginning before hitting record. DTV would just automatically go back to the beginning of the program, so long as the beginning of the program was still in the buffer.

The UI on the Hopper/Joeys is taking me a bit to figure out, but only because I've had DTV since we bought the house 5 years ago. The Hopper/Joey system IS faster and I have full DVR functionality on ALL sets, not just the living room. Yes, I could access DVR programs on the LR receiver from any room with my DTV setup, but I did not have full DVR functionality in every room.

The Hopper is NICE.

Dish has more of the channels that I watch in HD. My kiddos can deal with Disney in SD...

Glad to have you as a DISH customer. If you have any questions or concerns, please let us know. Thanks.

I recently hopped to Dish and got a Hopper and 2 Joeys. I had 3 months on my DTV contract left, so the ETF was only $60. I'm saving $50/mo with the 12mo new customer promo, so my ROI is a little more than a month. Not bad.After the 12mo pricing, I'm still saving almost $20/mo with Dish.

The only thing that is taking some getting used to is if I am mid-way into a program and want to DVR it, I have to rewind it to the beginning before hitting record. DTV would just automatically go back to the beginning of the program, so long as the beginning of the program was still in the buffer.

The UI on the Hopper/Joeys is taking me a bit to figure out, but only because I've had DTV since we bought the house 5 years ago. The Hopper/Joey system IS faster and I have full DVR functionality on ALL sets, not just the living room. Yes, I could access DVR programs on the LR receiver from any room with my DTV setup, but I did not have full DVR functionality in every room.

The Hopper is NICE.

Dish has more of the channels that I watch in HD. My kiddos can deal with Disney in SD...

The only thing that is taking some getting used to is if I am mid-way into a program and want to DVR it, I have to rewind it to the beginning before hitting record. DTV would just automatically go back to the beginning of the program, so long as the beginning of the program was still in the buffer.

It's a different philosophy, and frankly I prefer the Dish way. Why? Because say I start watching something and realize I can't stick around for the end. I hit record and it starts recording right away. When I come back and do playback, it starts right where I pressed the record button. With the DirecTV way, I'd come back and then have to "find my place" in the program to resume watching. Icky.

If I start watching something and think, "Gee, so-and-so would love to see this" then I can make the conscious choice to go back to the beginning, hit record there, and get the whole thing.

But I was disappointed to find when switching from 722 to Hopper/Joey that you STILL can't watch something while it's recording, stop watching while it's still recording, and be able to resume where you left off later. At least on the 722 you could do that if the recording was taking place on the other "TV." My other disappointment is the loss of PIP on my main TV due to having to hook it to a Joey since I needed Hopper to connect to the component video of my older TV.